If you would notice in the update_area function there is a check to see if the area is empty or not. If the area is empty then it will update the area. Given that area_update is called every three ticks normally would explain why your mobs come back after 3 minutes. If you are in the area it does not update the area unless it's been longer than 15 minutes. Objects will also never reset while there is a player in the area. Please also note that Mud School, or rather the room that ROOM_VNUM_SCHOOL is in does not follow these rules, it is updated every 3 minutes regardless of whether a player is in it or not.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dale Kingston Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 11:13 PM To: Tom Whiting; [email protected] Subject: Re: Areas repoping The problem isn't with items. Now I downloaded a stock mud. And noticed that the mobs come back after 3 ticks. Now we havn't agusted the ticks at all. And I looked at the same place in db.c and it says 15 as well. So I was wondering if anyone knew of another place where it updates the mobs. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Whiting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 9:09 PM Subject: RE: Areas repoping > Areas will repop ITEMS only if it is empty. Mobs will repop on regular > basis (ie: every 15 minutes, or whenever you tell it to do so). From > what I've been told, individuals being in the area can cause a slower > pop as well, however, I've never actually put this to the test. > > > IIRC, you're right, all you need to do is edit db.c and adjust the time > it pops. Make sure, as well, that your ticks are reasonable, as long > ticks create longer time between pops. > > > -----Original Message----- > Ok, resently revamped a mud with an existing player base. And well we > have a > select few that are complaing that areas are repoping much slower then > they > would. Now I checked in db.cc, where it says soandso area has just been > reset. Now that looks like it takes 15 mins for the area to repop. But > is > there another spot where it does another repop? > > > > > > > > -- > ROM mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.rom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rom > -- ROM mailing list [email protected] http://www.rom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rom
